This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
The nitrate has been recommended by Trousseau, Mauthner, etc. I do not think it advisable for acute cases, for it is uncertain in action, but, in prolonged and obstinate cases, a few doses often act well; they may be given by the mouth or rectum.
 
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